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Who I Am

Pete Townshend
Who I Am Book PDF

Author : Pete Townshend
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2012-10-09
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781443418201

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Long acknowledged as one of rock music’s most intelligent and literary performers, Pete Townshend—guitarist, songwriter, singer and founding member of The Who—at last tells his wild story in this candid and immersive autobiography. Raised in west London by an eccentric grandmother, while his parents were off living the early post-war, rock ’n’ roll lifestyle, Townshend describes a frenetic childhood of displacement and abuse. Then, in high school, everything changed when he met Roger Daltrey and formed a band that would travel the world, earning fame, fortune and critical acclaim. In Who I Am, Townshend brings us from the inner sanctum of Eric Clapton’s drug-ridden hotel rooms to the feet of Jimi Hendrix and his electric kool-aid guitar; from the first trial performance of Townshend’s rock opera, Tommy, in a London bar to his infamous arrest (and acquittal) on child pornography charges. With his trademark eloquence, fierce intelligence and brutal honesty, Pete Townshend has created a work of literature that stands as a primary source for popular music’s greatest epoch. Readers will be confronted by a man laying bare who he is, an artist who has asked for nearly sixty years: who are you?

The Age of Anxiety

Pete Townshend
The Age of Anxiety Book PDF

Author : Pete Townshend
Publisher : Hachette Books
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2019-11-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780316398978

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The Age of Anxiety by Pete Townshend Pdf

In his debut novel, rock legend Pete Townshend explores the anxiety of modern life and madness in a story that stretches across two generations of a London family, their lovers, collaborators, and friends. A former rock star disappears on the Cumberland moors. When his wife finds him, she discovers he has become a hermit and a painter of apocalyptic visions. An art dealer has drug-induced visions of demonic faces swirling in a bedstead and soon his wife disappears, nowhere to be found. A beautiful Irish girl who has stabbed her father to death is determined to seduce her best friend's husband. A young composer begins to experience aural hallucinations, expressions of the fear and anxiety of the people of London. He constructs a maze in his back garden. Driven by passion and musical ambition, events spiral out of control -- good drugs and bad drugs, loves lost and found, families broken apart and reunited. Conceived jointly as an opera, The Age of Anxiety deals with mythic and operatic themes. Hallucinations and soundscapes haunt this novel in an extended meditation on manic genius and the dark art of creativity.

Who Are You: The Life Of Pete Townshend

Mark Wilkerson
Who Are You The Life Of Pete Townshend Book PDF

Author : Mark Wilkerson
Publisher : Omnibus Press
Page : 642 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2009-10-28
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780857120083

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Who Are You: The Life Of Pete Townshend by Mark Wilkerson Pdf

An accurate, detailed and fascinating account of the life of a man whose story should have been told in this much detail long ago. Author Mark Wilkerson interviewed Townshend himself and several of Townshend's friends and associates for this biography.

Behind Blue Eyes

Geoffrey Giuliano
Behind Blue Eyes Book PDF

Author : Geoffrey Giuliano
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Rock musicians
ISBN : 9780815410706

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Behind Blue Eyes by Geoffrey Giuliano Pdf

From Townshend's early childhood as the son of a sexually voracious mother to his devotion to the Indian mystic Meher Baba, this is the true story of a man looking back, forward, and in the mirror.

Pretend You're In A War

Mark Blake
Pretend You re In A War Book PDF

Author : Mark Blake
Publisher : Aurum
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2014-09-18
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781781313183

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Pretend You're In A War by Mark Blake Pdf

'A definitive tome for both Who fans and newcomers alike’ ***** Q Magazine Pete Townshend was once asked how he prepared himself for The Who’s violent live performances. His answer? ‘Pretend you’re in a war.’ For a band as prone to furious infighting as it was notorious for acts of ‘auto-destructive art’ this could have served as a motto. Between 1964 and 1969 The Who released some of the most dramatic and confrontational music of the decade, including ‘I Can’t Explain’, ‘My Generation’ and ‘I Can See For Miles’. This was a body of work driven by bitter rivalry, black humour and dark childhood secrets, but it also held up a mirror to a society in transition. Now, acclaimed rock biographer Mark Blake goes in search of its inspiration to present a unique perspective on both The Who and the sixties. From their breakthrough as Mod figureheads to the rise and fall of psychedelia, he reveals how The Who, in their explorations of sex, drugs, spirituality and class, refracted the growing turbulence of the time. He also lays bare the colourful but crucial role played by their managers, Kit Lambert and Chris Stamp. And – in the uneasy alliance between art-school experimentation and working-class ambition – he locates the motor of the Swinging Sixties. As the decade closed, with The Who performing Tommy in front of 500,000 people at the Woodstock Festival, the ‘rock opera’ was born. In retrospect, it was the crowning achievement of a band who had already embraced pop art and the concept album; who had pioneered the power chord and the guitar smash; and who had embodied – more so than any of their peers – the guiding spirit of the age: war.

Horse's Neck

Pete Townshend
Horse s Neck Book PDF

Author : Pete Townshend
Publisher : Mariner Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1998-05
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0395905591

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Horse's Neck by Pete Townshend Pdf

Townshend explores life's razor-edged pathways in this bold, impressionistic work of autobiographical fiction, with intriguing experimental writing packed with vivid imagery (Library Journal) that strikingly mirrors the musical compositions Tommy and Quadrophenia. As he recalls his childhood, the decadent indulgences of success, and a new discovery of life itself, Townshend re-creates in fiction a powerful personal odyssey from the inside out.

Pete Townshend's Tommy

Pete Townshend
Pete Townshend s Tommy Book PDF

Author : Pete Townshend
Publisher : Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Music
ISBN : UOM:39015064178513

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Pete Townshend's Tommy by Pete Townshend Pdf

(Vocal Selections). This full-blown rock opera about a deaf, dumb, and blind boy was written by Townshend and launched The Who into international superstardom when it was released in 1969. Our songbook includes piano, vocal and guitar arrangements with complete lyrics for 23 songs, including: Amazing Journey * Pinball Wizard * I'm Free * We're Not Gonna Take It * and more.

Lifehouse

Pete Townshend
Lifehouse Book PDF

Author : Pete Townshend
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Fathers and daughters
ISBN : UOM:39015048278801

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Lifehouse by Pete Townshend Pdf

LIFEHOUSE is an apocalyptic journey across the industrial wastes of Britain on the last day of the millennium. Disillusioned ex-TV executive Ray is on a desperate search for his daughter Mary, who has gone missing, presumed dead. He leaves his wife and rural hideaway and heads back to the city where he was born, magnetised by the voice of a pirate D.J. calling the like-minded and lost to the LIFEHOUSE - a subversive musical event. The play explores the power of music to transform and the potential for digital networking to draw together the young, the marginalised and the spiritually hungry.

Thanks a Lot Mr Kibblewhite

Roger Daltrey
Thanks a Lot Mr Kibblewhite Book PDF

Author : Roger Daltrey
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2018-10-23
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781250296047

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Thanks a Lot Mr Kibblewhite by Roger Daltrey Pdf

The frontman of one of the greatest bands of all time tells the story of his rise from nothing to rock 'n' roll megastar, and his wild journey as the voice of The Who. “It’s taken me three years to unpack the events of my life, to remember who did what when and why, to separate the myths from the reality, to unravel what really happened at the Holiday Inn on Keith Moon’s 21st birthday,” says Roger Daltrey, the powerhouse vocalist of The Who. The result of this introspection is a remarkable memoir, instantly captivating, funny and frank, chock-full of well-earned wisdom and one-of-a-kind anecdotes from a raucous life that spans a tumultuous time of change in Britain and America. Born during the air bombing of London in 1944, Daltrey fought his way (literally) through school and poverty and began to assemble the band that would become The Who while working at a sheet metal factory in 1961. In Daltrey’s voice, the familiar stories—how they got into smashing up their kit, the infighting, Keith Moon’s antics—take on a new, intimate life. Also here is the creative journey through the unforgettable hits including My Generation, Substitute, Pinball Wizard, and the great albums, Who’s Next, Tommy, and Quadrophenia. Amidst all the music and mayhem, the drugs, the premature deaths, the ruined hotel rooms, Roger is our perfect narrator, remaining sober (relatively) and observant and determined to make The Who bigger and bigger. Not only his personal story, this is the definitive biography of The Who.

Woodstock Nation

Abbie Hoffman
Woodstock Nation Book PDF

Author : Abbie Hoffman
Publisher : New York : Vintage Books
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Radicalism
ISBN : UCSC:32106011263438

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Woodstock Nation by Abbie Hoffman Pdf

"Abbie Hoffman, Yippie non-leader, notorious dope addict and up-and-coming rock group (the WHAT), is currently on trial with seven others for conspiracy to incite riot during the Democratic Convention. When he returned from the Woodstock Festival he had five days before leaving for Chicago to prepare for the trial. Woodstock Nation, which the author wrote in longhand while lying upside down, stoned, on the floor of an unused office of the publisher, is the product of those five days. Other works by Mr. Hoffman include Revolution for the Hell of It and Fuck the System, which he describes as a "tender love epic"."-- Back cover.

The Who Before the Who

Doug Sandom
The Who Before the Who Book PDF

Author : Doug Sandom
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2014-01
Category : Drummers (Musicians)
ISBN : 0957434510

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The Who Before the Who by Doug Sandom Pdf

DOUG Sandom's part in the making of the most exciting rock band in the world can never be underestimated. He joined The Who - then known as The Detours - as their drummer in 1962 after an unexpected meeting with Roger Daltrey on a west London street. It was a time when fires were being lit under the music scene worldwide, everything had to change and The Detours had a long way to go to become revolutionary leaders in their field. Having finally decided to write his memoirs, Doug Sandom chronicles each stage of the band's transition right up to his, Roger Daltrey's, Pete Townsend's and John Entwistle's emergence from their chrysalis as The Who. It is a punchy tale of gritty determination and ever-burning passion for music. As Pete Townshend writes in his moving Foreword 'Doug Sandom's work with our band gave me the confidence to drive the band as a writer and creative thinker . . . '

New Book of Rock Lists

Dave Marsh,James Bernard
New Book of Rock Lists Book PDF

Author : Dave Marsh,James Bernard
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 626 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1994-11
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780671787004

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New Book of Rock Lists by Dave Marsh,James Bernard Pdf

Dave Marsh has been an editor and columnist at Creem and Rolling Stone. His books include Born to Run, Behind Blue Eyes: The Story of the Who, Glory Days, and Louie Louie. This virtual Methusaleh of rock critics currently serves as a music critic at Playboy and as editor of Rock and Rap Confidential.

Japanamerica: How Japanese Pop Culture Has Invaded the U.S.

Roland Kelts
Japanamerica How Japanese Pop Culture Has Invaded the U S Book PDF

Author : Roland Kelts
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2007-11-13
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781403984760

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Japanamerica: How Japanese Pop Culture Has Invaded the U.S. by Roland Kelts Pdf

An authority on Japanese and American pop culture examines the influence and popularity of Japanese animation in the U.S., discussing the American experience with anime and manga, from the epics of Hayao Miyazaki to the growing influx of hentai, a form of violent, pornographic anime. Reprint. 10,000 first printing.

I Feel So Good

Bob Riesman
I Feel So Good Book PDF

Author : Bob Riesman
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2011-06-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780226717487

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I Feel So Good by Bob Riesman Pdf

A major figure in American blues and folk music, Big Bill Broonzy (1903–1958) left his Arkansas Delta home after World War I, headed north, and became the leading Chicago bluesman of the 1930s. His success came as he fused traditional rural blues with the electrified sound that was beginning to emerge in Chicago. This, however, was just one step in his remarkable journey: Big Bill was constantly reinventing himself, both in reality and in his retellings of it. Bob Riesman’s groundbreaking biography tells the compelling life story of a lost figure from the annals of music history. I Feel So Good traces Big Bill’s career from his rise as a nationally prominent blues star, including his historic 1938 appearance at Carnegie Hall, to his influential role in the post-World War II folk revival, when he sang about racial injustice alongside Pete Seeger and Studs Terkel. Riesman’s account brings the reader into the jazz clubs and concert halls of Europe, as Big Bill's overseas tours in the 1950s ignited the British blues-rock explosion of the 1960s. Interviews with Eric Clapton, Pete Townshend, and Ray Davies reveal Broonzy’s profound impact on the British rockers who would follow him and change the course of popular music. Along the way, Riesman details Big Bill’s complicated and poignant personal saga: he was married three times and became a father at the very end of his life to a child half a world away. He also brings to light Big Bill’s final years, when he first lost his voice, then his life, to cancer, just as his international reputation was reaching its peak. Featuring many rarely seen photos, I Feel So Good will be the definitive account of Big Bill Broonzy’s life and music.

On Celestial Music

Rick Moody
On Celestial Music Book PDF

Author : Rick Moody
Publisher : Back Bay Books
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2012-03-21
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780316191883

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On Celestial Music by Rick Moody Pdf

Rick Moody has been writing about music as long as he has been writing, and this book provides an ample selection from that output. His anatomy of the word cool reminds us that, in the postwar 40s, it was infused with the feeling of jazz music but is now merely a synonym for neat. "On Celestial Music," which was included in Best American Essays, 2008, begins with a lament for the loss in recent music of the vulnerability expressed by Otis Redding's masterpiece, "Try a Little Tenderness;" moves on to Moody's infatuation with the ecstatic music of the Velvet Underground; and ends with an appreciation of Arvo Part and Purcell, close as they are to nature, "the music of the spheres." Contemporary groups covered include Magnetic Fields (their love songs), Wilco (the band's and Jeff Tweedy's evolution), Danielson Famile (an evangelical rock band), The Pogues (Shane McGowan's problems with addiction), The Lounge Lizards (John Lurie's brilliance), and Meredith Monk, who once recorded a song inspired by Rick Moody's story "Boys." Always both incisive and personable, these pieces inspire us to dive as deeply into the music that enhances our lives as Moody has done--and introduces us to wonderful sounds we may not know.